CFB Zeitgeist Score
88
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 100th percentile.
Cashius Howell
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
32 TACKLES · 12.5 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Cincinnati2026 NFL rookie season
#41Rd 2 · Pick 9
Cincinnati2026 NFL rookie season
DE · TEXAS A&M · SEC
Cashius Howell
- 4
- #9
- 6-2 | 248 lb
- Kansas City, MO
Heisman Heat
#9939
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2021
Bowling Green · DE
—
2022
Bowling Green · DE
—
2023
Bowling Green · DE
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
★
2025
Texas A&M · DE
R14 · Unanimous All-American
Elite
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 2, Pick 9 · #41 overall · Cincinnati
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R2 · #41
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8141 | No. 2162 recruit | HighSchool | Bowling Green |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Honors Badge 0.7% Honors Badge Recognized on a major honors list (Heisman, All-American, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Nagurski, Biletnikoff). Held by 0.7% of the 2025 pool. Recognized on: All-America (AFCA).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Bowling Green
Composite
0.8141
#2162 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 2, Pick 9
#41 overall · Cincinnati
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Cashius Howell
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Cashius Howell
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 13g
32Tackles
15Tackles for loss
12.5Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
1.2Tackles for loss
1.0Sacks
Final
32Tackles
15Tackles for loss
12.5Sacks
✓ Hit 6-sack season · finished with 12.5.
✓ Hit 10-sack season · finished with 12.5.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Cashius Howell is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Texas A&M's defense, with 12.5 sacks, 15.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender | Coverage splash against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
32 75th
SOLO
21 79th
TFL
15.0 100th
SACK
12.5 100th
QBH
5 90th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
6 93rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-24vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-22vs Utah State | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 3 | W 41-40@ Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 16-10vs Auburn | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-9vs Mississippi State | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 7 | W 34-17vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-42@ Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-25@ LSU | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | W 38-17@ Missouri | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 31-30vs South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-0vs Samford | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-27@ Texas | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 3-10vs Miami | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 21 | 15.0 | 12.5 | — | 6 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2021Bowling Green4-8HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced
2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced
2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Texas A&M11-2HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas A&M | 32 | 21 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 27 | 15 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 20 | 6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 85 | 47 | 28.0 | 24.0 | 8 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 32 | #1250/4942 | 75th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 15.0 | #21/4972 | 100th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 12.5 | #3/4972 | 100th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 6 | #144/2184 | 93rd pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 5 | #188/1878 | 90th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 21 | #959/4584 | 79th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
UNANIMOUS AA
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
UNANIMOUS AA · Rung 14 of 16
Why he’s here
Unanimous All-American — 1st team on all five NCAA-recognized selectors.
What moves him up
The only step up is a Player-of-the-Year invite.
What moves him down
Losing a selector drops this to Consensus.
Accolade streams
All-America statusCONSENSUS
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
AP1st
FWAA1st
AFCA1st
WCFF1st
SN1st
SI1st
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins11g | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| Losses2g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DE cohort
88All-Conference
Elite: sacks (99th). Strength: tackles for loss (99th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DE · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Cashius HowellTexas A&MRasheem BilesPittsburgh· 80% simCade UluaveCalifornia· 79% simRolijah HardyIndiana· 79% sim
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Passes defended
QB hurries
Solo tackles
Tackles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Speed Rusher
Bends the edge and wins with first-step quickness. Lighter frame, relentless motor.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Cashius Howell’s 2023 season.
Cashius Howell
82%match
All-MACNFL Rd 2 · Pk 9
#2
Ali Fayad
All-MAC
69%
#3
Ryan Henderson
59%
#4
Damon Wilson Jr.
59%
#5
Jonah Elliss
Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 3 · Pk 12
53%
Matches Cashius on
Weight
Sack rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Burch's graduate season at Oregon (2024).
Jordan Burch
4%match
All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 14
#2
Jereme Robinson
2%
#3
Jahfari Harvey
0%
#4
Romello Height
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 6
0%
#5
Michael Heldman
All-MAC
0%
Matches Jordan on
Class year
Differs from Jordan on
Height (lower)
Sack rate (higher)
TFL rate (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Elko
Pass share
45.8%
407 pass / 482 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
3.8%
286 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coaches2021
Jimbo Fisher
Texas A&M
2022
Jimbo Fisher
Texas A&M
2023era →
Elijah Robinson
Texas A&M
2025era →
Mike Elko
Texas A&M
Played under 3 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson, and Mike Elko. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownKansas City, MO
Height6'2"
Weight248 lb
Class4
PositionDE
Jersey9
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamTexas A&M
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🏆
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2025)
9 first-team selectors
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2023)
All-MAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
10 All-America selections
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-America (USA Today) | all_america | USA Today | DL |
| 2025 | All-America (SI) | all_america | SI | DL |
| 2025 | All-America (CBS) | all_america | CBS | DL |
| 2025 | All-America (The Athletic) | all_america | The Athletic | DL |
| 2025 | All-America (WCFF) | all_america | WCFF | DL |
| 2025 | All-America (SN) | all_america | SN | DL |
| 2025 | All-America (FWAA) | all_america | FWAA | DL |
| 2025 | All-America (AP) | all_america | AP | DL |
| 2025 | All-America (AFCA) | all_america | AFCA | DL |
| 2025 | All-America (Consensus) | all_america | Texas A&M | Consensus | -- |
| 2023 | All-MAC | all_conference | Bowling Green | MAC | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Texas A&M | DE4 | #9939 | #9731 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | DE4 | #7730 | #8419 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | DE4 | #11382 | #11733 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | DE4 | #12793 | #12749 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mid-American |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas A&M | SEC | DE | 4 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 248 lb | Kansas City, MO |
| 2024 | Texas A&M | SEC | DE | 4 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 248 lb | Kansas City, MO |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | DE | 4 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 248 lb | Kansas City, MO |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | DE | 4 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 248 lb | Kansas City, MO |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | DE | 4 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 248 lb | Kansas City, MO |